When visiting Iligan City, it is a crime to not get a chance to experience the enchanting Tinago Falls.

"Tinago" literally translates to "Hidden," which aptly describes this piece of paradise in Brgy. Ditucalan, Iligan City. Hidden within a ravine, one has to descend approximately 500 steps of stony staircase to see and swim in this incredible piece of paradise.

The waterfalls with an elevation of approximately 420 feet cascades beautifully into a basin-like pool of icy cold and clean waters of still unknown depth, where you can dive, swim, and ride a bamboo raft to the falls.

Tinago Falls' fascinating picture-perfect beauty in a relaxing ambiance makes it worth every single sweat and sore muscles you'd probably feel the next day. No wonder this wonderful beauty got featured in Star Cinema's blockbuster film, Forever and a Day with Sam Milby and KC Concepcion. :)

If you want to feel refreshed, revitalized, and reinvigorated just before school starts, try Tinago. It's fun!

Tinago Falls is definitely one of the MUST-SEE sights of the Philippines. Hidden within a ravine, one has to descend approximately 400 steps of stony staircase to see and swim in this incredible piece of paradise.

For one special day each year, we get a chance to honor the only real humans we know who have superpowers -- our mothers. On this day, we often show our love and appreciation through gifts. And of course, one of the first gifts for Mother’s Day that come to mind are flowers -- flowers that are as pretty as our moms and as colorful as their lives.

Flowers of Mibala, Tipanoy, Iligan City

Anyways, did you ever wonder where most of the fresh flowers sold in Iligan City come from? Well, one time, curiosity got the better of me and Lai | Pinay Travelista. It didn't matter that the weather was ridiculously unstable that day. We left the city proper right after lunch, when the sun was scorching hot, just a few minutes after the threats of rains died down. It didn't matter either that neither of us has ever been to Mibala. It was just one of those spontaneous (and unplanned) trips we find often find ourselves into.

Armed only with the information that the flower farm we're looking for is in Mibala, Tipanoy, we hailed a habal-habal (motorcycle) driver and hoped against hope that we will be taken there and brought back to the city proper unharmed. Kuya Dado, the driver, like us, had never been to Mibala before. Good thing he was as curious as we were, which made the so-called quest three times more exciting. We just kept asking the people we passed by for directions.

Approximately an hour after coursing our way through a combination of concrete, rough and muddy roads, we found ourselves in Mibala -- amidst rows and rows and rows of beautiful flowers. Kuya Dado, as excited as we were, joined us in taking photos of the flowers and the scenery.The trip was cut short though with threats of rainfall. But nonetheless, the trip was so worth it!

Me + Pinay Travelista + Kuya Dado

Notes:

From the city proper, we hired a habal-habal to take us to (and from) Mibala, Tipanoy for Php 160.00.

Crispy Squid is certainly one must-try dish when visiting Jacko's Kan-anan in Iligan City. Before you say this post is an all-out shameless plug of a family business, let me tell you I'm not keen on doing that. Instead of feeding you information that would look copy-pasted from the website, I'm letting some of our customers tell you why Jacko's Crispy Squid is one of Iligan's bests. ;)

(Iligan City) is famous because of their countless majestic waterfalls like Maria Cristina, but did you know other than those they also have Jacko’s Kan-anan? I got intrigued when a few of the CDOBloggers would talk about how heavenly their food is and yes it is indeed.

Ever since I have tasted the food at Jacko's over at Hinaplanon, Iligan City my ever favorite is the crispy squid and the lumpia shanghai. If you are tired with the food that you can buy from the many fast foods, then, I recommend Jacko's Kan-anan.